Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace

Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace by Williams, Joseph M.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780321112521.

A brief and engaging conversation on how to write with clarity and grace. Offers ten lessons on the principles of writing powerful, clear, and effective prose. Empowers writers to use their writing as a method to explore their own thinking. The Basics of Style is a direct, engaging, brief conversation on writing with style. The four sections-Style as Choice, Clarity, Grace, and Ethics- feature principles of effective prose. Williams offers these principles as reason-based approaches to improving prose, rather than hard and fast rules to writing well. Style empowers writers to use their writing not only as a tool to identify and solve problems, but also as a method to explore their own thinking. Joseph M. Williams is a leading scholar in the discipline of composition.